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Daddo and married to @jenancona. Standing athwart history yelling, WTF. Research, writing, ads, and building processes for understanding and persuading across the Dem-left coalition.
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· Oct 11
The Trump-Vance mass deportation plans are sickeningly extreme. Most Americans don't support them and Dems have room to go on offense on this. Ad by me and the geniuses I am incredibly lucky to work with at Way to Win, production by Conexión. (both not on here yet)
Hell yes dem tea party
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Hell yes dem tea party
Anyone who has actually been an entrepreneur is going to run screaming from this. Oh great, health insurance that feels like a pack of wild dogs is chasing me while I carry 100lb weights and conduct a symphony on four hours of sleep. Just what I wanted.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Anyone who has actually been an entrepreneur is going to run screaming from this. Oh great, health insurance that feels like a pack of wild dogs is chasing me while I carry 100lb weights and conduct a symphony on four hours of sleep. Just what I wanted.
Whaaaat the effff
4 UC Berkeley undergrads who put up a cardboard insect to protest Turning P*int USA’s sold out campus event are being charged with FELONY VANDALISM.
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation
UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.
www.dailycal.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Whaaaat the effff
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there’s this really dumb idea among the brain dead liberal punditocracy that you shouldn’t even mention ICE but nah this guy ran aggressively against them in a purple center/center-right county and won.
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
there’s this really dumb idea among the brain dead liberal punditocracy that you shouldn’t even mention ICE but nah this guy ran aggressively against them in a purple center/center-right county and won.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
We got this up Friday (fine, so I stretched "JUST" posted, sue me) but just got this thread up explaining how totally wrong everyone coming for us is. Oh and also there are a LOT of people starting to get things right, too. We link to a bunch of 'em in here. That part was fun to put together.
JUST POSTED: Everyone Is Wrong, our response to the recent series of arguments that – based on the hypothesis that Harris lost and Dems underperformed in 2024 due to (summarizing broadly) voters’ perceptions that Dems are too far left – Democrats need to move right to win.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We got this up Friday (fine, so I stretched "JUST" posted, sue me) but just got this thread up explaining how totally wrong everyone coming for us is. Oh and also there are a LOT of people starting to get things right, too. We link to a bunch of 'em in here. That part was fun to put together.
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Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
trump take stonks
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
trump take stonks
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
Youth turnout, 2021 to 2025 (and 2025 as pct of 2021):
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Youth turnout, 2021 to 2025 (and 2025 as pct of 2021):
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
This one is so good
For my newsletter, I took a deeper look at the electoral record of WelcomePAC, a centrist group that produced that 352 page document advising Democrats to moderate once again.
Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...
Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...
Fire The Consultants
The Democratic party must move on from the same old stale, carefully poll-tested politics and get back to solving voters' problems.
There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Democra...
www.burnsnotice.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This one is so good
Unpopular shutdown take: something like this result was probably baked in from the start, trying to fight was the right thing to do anyway, and Dems don't suck. Shutdown politics always favor Rs due to nihilists' advantage. They've never given half a shit if people starve before, they didn't now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Unpopular shutdown take: something like this result was probably baked in from the start, trying to fight was the right thing to do anyway, and Dems don't suck. Shutdown politics always favor Rs due to nihilists' advantage. They've never given half a shit if people starve before, they didn't now.
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People need to recognize that the mainstream media decided to end the Dean 2004 run by playing some dumb noise 24/7 for a week
Anything close to being actually left gets vetoed by the money, whenever possible
Anything close to being actually left gets vetoed by the money, whenever possible
do you all ever think about how howard dean got knocked out of a primary for being a lil too excited and now we have All This and people who will defend it because politics are sports to some people
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
People need to recognize that the mainstream media decided to end the Dean 2004 run by playing some dumb noise 24/7 for a week
Anything close to being actually left gets vetoed by the money, whenever possible
Anything close to being actually left gets vetoed by the money, whenever possible
When they got the trifecta one of my many thoughts was that it was setting into motion a basically inevitable set of processes and logic that would result in a lot of people suffering and dying, and there was probably nothing anyone could do to stop it. Even including the senate.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
When they got the trifecta one of my many thoughts was that it was setting into motion a basically inevitable set of processes and logic that would result in a lot of people suffering and dying, and there was probably nothing anyone could do to stop it. Even including the senate.
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yes senator they're roasting you on Bluesky, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
yes senator they're roasting you on Bluesky, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
I don’t think this will actually be the story, even if Dems completely flub it, which they probably will
If Dems accept this deal, it will help the GOP cement the following ideas into the public conscience over the coming 4 weeks:
-Shutdown was Dems fault/responsibility
-They did it for nothing
-They caved to Trump
Having accepted responsibility, it will also cripple them in the follow up debate.
-Shutdown was Dems fault/responsibility
-They did it for nothing
-They caved to Trump
Having accepted responsibility, it will also cripple them in the follow up debate.
First, I will say this: never believe an Axios backed story with only a Thune test vote schedule.
That being said, for obvious reasons to anyone who sees my posts regularly, I don't think a deal is a good idea for Dems, but the rumored deal seems pretty poor even factoring in my priors against.
That being said, for obvious reasons to anyone who sees my posts regularly, I don't think a deal is a good idea for Dems, but the rumored deal seems pretty poor even factoring in my priors against.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I don’t think this will actually be the story, even if Dems completely flub it, which they probably will
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Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
Great read this morning. But it kind of brings up one of my recent background fears, that even the Mamdani agenda doesn’t go close to far enough in really fixing things.
When Americans visit Paris and marvel at how svelte people are, it’s not because Parisians have superior willpower
Today, I unpacked the real secret to eating well in France in my latest for
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Today, I unpacked the real secret to eating well in France in my latest for
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | The French Know How to Do Food. Even When It’s Frozen.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Great read this morning. But it kind of brings up one of my recent background fears, that even the Mamdani agenda doesn’t go close to far enough in really fixing things.
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There were twenty-four defendants at Nuremberg. They were the top surviving leaders.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
There were twenty-four defendants at Nuremberg. They were the top surviving leaders.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
I get this. This is the structural problem with shutdown politics, always. The nihilists advantage always favors Republicans, and this time they found an even more sick, appalling strategy in pitting SNAP recipients vs health care.
Amid the talk about Dems "caving," we can also imagine senators hearing from anguished SNAP recipients who can't feed their kids, fed'l employees who can't pay their rent, and constituents who can't go home for T'giving, and figuring, we'll fight this battle another day www.axios.com/2025/11/09/s...
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I get this. This is the structural problem with shutdown politics, always. The nihilists advantage always favors Republicans, and this time they found an even more sick, appalling strategy in pitting SNAP recipients vs health care.
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Unfortunately what I'm hearing is a Dem surrender may be imminent. We've been driving calls, not to mention organizing the largest protest in history followed by the biggest election night in years, along with polling saying we're winning the fight. But they're not listening to that. It's bad.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Unfortunately what I'm hearing is a Dem surrender may be imminent. We've been driving calls, not to mention organizing the largest protest in history followed by the biggest election night in years, along with polling saying we're winning the fight. But they're not listening to that. It's bad.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Hearing Republicans complain about high costs of insurance premiums really makes me sick, because THEY are the ones who, in 2017, removed the guardrails AND safety nets to rein in costs. In the first set of tax cuts, they pulled out two critical piece of the ACA that were meant to skyrocket prices
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hearing Republicans complain about high costs of insurance premiums really makes me sick, because THEY are the ones who, in 2017, removed the guardrails AND safety nets to rein in costs. In the first set of tax cuts, they pulled out two critical piece of the ACA that were meant to skyrocket prices
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People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.